domestic

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

domestic
    adj 1: of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a
           nation; "domestic issues such as tax rate and highway
           construction" [ant: {foreign}]
    2: of or relating to the home; "domestic servant"; "domestic
       science"
    3: of or involving the home or family; "domestic worries";
       "domestic happiness"; "they share the domestic chores";
       "everything sounded very peaceful and domestic"; "an author
       of blood-and-thunder novels yet quite domestic in his taste"
       [ant: {undomestic}]
    4: converted or adapted to domestic use; "domestic animals";
       "domesticated plants like maize" [syn: {domestic},
       {domesticated}]
    5: produced in a particular country; "domestic wine"; "domestic
       oil"
    n 1: a servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the
         household [syn: {domestic}, {domestic help}, {house
         servant}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Native \Na"tive\ (n[=a]"t[i^]v), a. [F. natif, L. nativus, fr.
   nasci, p. p. natus. See {Nation}, and cf. {Na["i]ve}, {Neif}
   a serf.]
   1. Arising by birth; having an origin; born. [Obs.]
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            Anaximander's opinion is, that the gods are native,
            rising and vanishing again in long periods of times.
                                                  --Cudworth.
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   2. Of or pertaining to one's birth; natal; belonging to the
      place or the circumstances in which one is born; --
      opposed to {foreign}; as, native land, language, color,
      etc.
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   3. Born in the region in which one lives; as, a native
      inhabitant, race; grown or originating in the region where
      used or sold; not foreign or {imported}; as, native
      oysters, or strawberries. In the latter sense, synonymous
      with {domestic}.
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   4. Original; constituting the original substance of anything;
      as, native dust. --Milton.
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   5. Conferred by birth; derived from origin; born with one;
      inherent; inborn; not acquired; as, native genius,
      cheerfulness, wit, simplicity, rights, intelligence, etc.
      Having the same meaning as {congenital}, but typically
      used for positive qualities, whereas {congenital} may be
      used for negative qualities. See also {congenital}
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            Courage is native to you.             --Jowett
                                                  (Thucyd.).
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   6. Naturally related; cognate; connected (with). [R.]
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            the head is not more native to the heart, . . .
            Than is the throne of Denmark to thy father. --Shak.
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   7. (Min.)
      (a) Found in nature uncombined with other elements; as,
          native silver, copper, gold.
      (b) Found in nature; not artificial; as native sodium
          chloride.
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   {Native American party}. See under {American}, a.

   {Native bear} (Zool.), the koala.

   {Native bread} (Bot.), a large underground fungus, of
      Australia ({Mylitta australis}), somewhat resembling a
      truffle, but much larger.

   {Native devil}. (Zool.) Same as {Tasmanian devil}, under
      {Devil}.

   {Native hen} (Zool.), an Australian rail ({Tribonyx
      Mortierii}).

   {Native pheasant}. (Zool.) See {Leipoa}.

   {Native rabbit} (Zool.), an Australian marsupial ({Perameles
      lagotis}) resembling a rabbit in size and form.

   {Native sloth} (Zool.), the koala.

   {Native thrush} (Zool.), an Australian singing bird
      ({Pachycephala olivacea}); -- called also {thickhead}.

   {Native turkey} (Zool.), the Australian bustard ({Choriotis
      australis}); -- called also {bebilya}.
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   Syn: Natural; natal; original; congenital.

   Usage: {Native}, {Natural}, {Natal}. natural refers to the
          nature of a thing, or that which springs therefrom;
          native, to one's birth or origin; as, a native
          country, language, etc.; natal, to the circumstances
          of one's birth; as, a natal day, or star. Native
          talent is that which is inborn; natural talent is that
          which springs from the structure of the mind. Native
          eloquence is the result of strong innate emotion;
          natural eloquence is opposed to that which is studied
          or artificial.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Domestic \Do*mes"tic\, n.
   1. One who lives in the family of an other, as hired
      household assistant; a house servant.
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            The master labors and leads an anxious life, to
            secure plenty and ease to the domestic. --V. Knox.
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   2. pl. (Com.) Articles of home manufacture, especially cotton
      goods. [U. S.]
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Domestic \Do*mes"tic\, a. [L. domesticus, fr. domus use: cf. F.
   domestique. See 1st {Dome}.]
   1. Of or pertaining to one's house or home, or one's
      household or family; relating to home life; as, domestic
      concerns, life, duties, cares, happiness, worship,
      servants.
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            His fortitude is the more extraordinary, because his
            domestic feelings were unusually strong. --Macaulay.
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   4. Of or pertaining to a nation considered as a family or
      home, or to one's own country; intestine; not foreign; as,
      foreign wars and domestic dissensions. --Shak.
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   3. Remaining much at home; devoted to home duties or
      pleasures; as, a domestic man or woman.
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   4. Living in or near the habitations of man; domesticated;
      tame as distinguished from wild; as, domestic animals.
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   5. Made in one's own house, nation, or country; as, domestic
      manufactures, wines, etc.
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from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

DOMESTICS. Those who reside in the same house with the master they serve the 
term does not extend to workmen or laborers employed out of doors. 5 Binn. 
R. 167; Merl. Rep. h.t. The Act of Congress of April 30, 1790, s. 25, uses 
the word domestic in this sense. 
     2. Formerly, this word was used to designate those who resided in the 
house of another, however exalted their station, and  who performed services 
for him. Voltaire, in writing to the French queen, in 1748, says) " Deign to 
consider, madam, that I am one of the domestics of the king, and 
consequently yours, lily companions, the gentlemen of the king," &c. 
     3. Librarians, secretaries, and persons in such honorable employments, 
would not probably be considered domestics, although they might reside in 
the house of their respective employers. 
     4. Pothier, to point out the distinction between a domestic and a 
servant, gives the following example: A literary man who lives and lodges 
with you, solely to be your companion, that you may profit by his 
conversation and learning, is your domestic; for all who live in the same 
house and eat at the same table with the owner of the house, are his 
domestics, but they are not servants. On the contrary, your Valet de, 
chambre, to whom you pay wages, and who sleeps out of your house, is not, 
properly speaking, your domestic, but your servant. Poth. Proc. Cr. sect. 2, 
art. 5, Sec. 5; Poth. Ob. 710, 828; 9 Toull. n. 314; H. De Pansey, Des 
Justices de Paix, c. 30, n. 1. Vide Operative; Servant.